Tuning Surface Energy of Conjugated Polymers via Fluorine Substitution of Side Alkyl Chains: Influence on Phase Separation of Thin Films and Performance of Polymer Solar Cells.
ACS omega(2017)
Abstract
Different contents of fluorine in side alkyl chains were incorporated into three conjugated polymers (namely, PBDTTT-f13, PBDTTT-f9, and PBDTTT-f5) whose backbones consist of benzodithiophene donors and thienothiophene acceptors. These three fluorinated polymers, in comparison with the well-known analogue PTB7-Th, show comparable energy levels and optical band gaps. However, the fluorination of side alkyl chains significantly changed the surface energy of bulk materials, which leads to distinctly different self-assembly behaviors and phase separations as being mixed with PCBM. The increased mismatch in surface energies between the polymer and PCBM causes larger scale phase domains, which makes a sound explanation for the difference in their photovoltaic properties.
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conjugated polymers,solar cells,thin films
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